Partner and group CEO, Andrew Alli has been investing in Africa for the past twenty years, most recently while he was CEO of Africa Finance Corporation where he was responsible for over $4,5 billion of investments made in 30 countries.

Chinua Azubike is the pioneer Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of InfraCredit, prior to this, he was the project lead for the establishment of a Nigeria Infrastructure Credit Enhancement Facility, where he assisted GuarantCo and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority to establish InfraCredit as its first employee.

Fungai has been investing in African markets for 20yrs. He founded Rudiarius Capital Management in 2014, an African equity-focused investment management business. Prior to that he was Head of Africa Investments at RMB Asset Management where he built an impressive track record during the 6years he was there.

Antonello is Associate Managing Director for EMEA Insurance and for Africa Banking. He is responsible for Moody’s analytic team maintaining Moody’s ratings on EMEA insurers and African banks. Antonello joined Moody’s in 2008 as a senior insurance analyst covering some of the major European (re)insurers. Prior to Moody’s, Antonello was responsible for the FIG rating advisory practise at Credit Suisse in Europe. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Antonello was a senior analyst at S&P insurance and worked in the FIG M&A team of DrKW and ABN AMRO. Antonello holds an MBA from HEC and is alumnus of London Business School. He graduated in business administration cum laude from Bocconi University in Italy. Antonello is fluent in English, Italian and French.

Dion is responsible for South African and Turkey based corporates covering a diverse range of sectors which includes REIT’s, Telecoms, Transportation/Logistics, Diversified Conglomerates and Investment Holding Companies. Previously, he was responsible for rating South African and European RMBS securitisation transactions. Dion graduated from the University of Pietermaritzburg, Kwa-Zulu Natal and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honours in Economics. He is also a qualified Chartered Financial Analyst.

Marie Diron heads the Sovereign Risk Group for Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, responsible for analytical teams covering sovereigns and multilateral development banks in these regions.Marie has worked as Moody’s lead sovereign analyst for a number of Asia Pacific credits, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka and Australia.

Kunal Govindia is a lead analyst in Moody’s EMEA Infrastructure Finance team, based in London. He is responsible for a portfolio of project finance issuers in the healthcare, transport, education, accommodation and energy sectors.

Constantinos is a Senior Vice President and leads a team of analysts covering banks in Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans. Since joining Moody’s Limassol-based banking team in 2005, Constantinos has followed banks as lead analyst in South Africa, Egypt, Ghana, Israel, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Montenegro, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He has authored numerous articles covering the African and Balkan banking systems and is a regular speaker at regional conferences.

Kevin Maddick is an Associate Managing Director in the EMEA Infrastructure team, joining Moody’s in March 2017, with responsibility for a team of analysts covering project finance and infrastructure. Kevin has extensive experience in energy and infrastructure financing, as debt and equity investor, and as financial advisor. He has structured, arranged or advised across project, secured corporate and asset financings globally, including award winning advisory and debt transactions. Kevin has also acted as Director of a portfolio of operating and investment companies, including through development stage.

Over the last 8 years, Aurélien Mali has been at the forefront of Moody’s growing footprint in Africa. He has been sovereign lead or backup analyst for almost all sovereign issuers and multilateral development banks we rate in Africa. He also assumes a greater role in participating in regular Moody’s and third-party conferences on the continent, Africa-related investor briefings, and undertaking analytical outreach to inform and explain Moody’s credit judgments. Aurelien also supports other Moody’s franchises using his unique experience and visibility across multiple sectors and asset classes in the region. Finally, he remains the lead/backup sovereign analyst for few countries including Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and South Africa. Aurélien holds a BSc in Economics and a postgraduate degree (DEA) in Money, Finance and Banking from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris.

Peter Mushangwe joined Moody’s in 2015 and is based in London where he is a lead analyst on a portfolio of Sub-Saharan African banks. Peter has covered banks in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Angola, Ghana and the DRC. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2015, Peter worked primarily as sell-side equity research analyst based in South Africa where he covered South African, Nigerian, and Kenyan banks. In 2014, Peter was ranked in the top 5 for Small cap banks research by the Financial Mail, and was in a team ranked #3 for Governance research. Peter also worked in Treasury for a merchant bank in Zimbabwe. Peter is a CFA charterholder, and holds an MSc in Finance and Investment and a B.Com in Finance (Honours) degrees.